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A live Proms edition of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein – with interviews and live performances from artists appearing this season.
Sakari Oramo conducts this year’s opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton’s pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar’s Feast' and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt. Broadcast live on BBC Two on Friday 17 July.
‘Unlocking the Mysteries of Music in Your Brain’: Neuroscientist and author Daniel Levitin explores the fascinating relationship between music and the mind.
professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.
CBBC presenters Barney Harwood and Dick and Dom for an introduction to some of the greatest pieces of classical music and a celebration of children’s creative responses to them. Broadcast on CBBC on Sunday 2 August.
Barney Harwood and Dick and Dom the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to celebrate some of the best pieces to introduce children to classical music – and to inspire a life-long love of it. Filmed for future broadcast on CBBC.
Mary King and of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director of the Barbican and former Director of the Proms, discusses the history of the festival.
Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony returns to the Proms in the hands of Andris Nelsons and the massed forces of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the CBSO Chorus. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 19 July.
Meet music producer Naughty Boy and learn about his music production techniques and approach to song-writing.
The Cardinall’s Musick performs Tallis’s extravagant 40-part motet ‘Spem in alium’ alongside other sumptuous sacred music in the first of this year’s Proms Chamber Music concerts.
HK Gruber discusses the world premiere of his percussion concerto 'into the open …', with Christopher Cook
The BBC Philharmonic’s programme spans more than two centuries, opening with Haydn’s ‘La reine’ Symphony and closing with Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet 'Petrushka'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 6 August.
Poulenc’s Organ Concerto raises the curtain on this BBC National Orchestra of Wales Prom which also includes Stravinsky’s 'Symphony of Psalms' and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 26 July.
Observe world-class musician Colin Currie coaching four aspiring young percussionists in a percussion masterclass.
Hugh Wood, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses the world premiere of 'Epithalamion' and introduces performances of his chamber works, with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.
Mark Simpson performs the Clarinet Concerto by Carl Nielsen, whose 150th anniversary falls this year, in a programme which also includes an alluring suite from Ravel’s 'Daphnis and Chloe'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 30 July.
BBC Asian Network’s Bobby Friction is ed by music producer Naughty Boy and singers including Benny Dayal, Palak Muchhal and special guests Emeli Sandé and Kanika Kapoor for a night of Bollywood and bhangra music – with the BBC Philharmonic.
Tom Service explores Beethoven's writing for the piano, with Misha Donat and David Owen Norris.
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes kicks off his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos with Nos. 1 & 4 – along with Stravinsky’s ballet 'Apollon musagète'.
Informal late-night music and poetry, featuring young talent.
German culture experts Professor Karen Leeder and Professor Robert Vilain on the great German Romantic poetry that inspired Beethoven throughout his life, from Schiller’s 'Ode to Joy' to Goethe’s 'Egmont' and Treitschke’s 'Fidelio'.
Leif Ove Andsnes continues his survey of Beethoven’s works for piano and orchestra with the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the ‘Choral Fantasy’. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 24 July.
professional musicians and create a piece of music inspired by this evening’s Prom.
Mary King and of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof.
The world-famous contemporary music ensemble celebrates the 90th-birthday year of one of the most important figures in contemporary music, Pierre Boulez.
Award-winning actor Henry Goodman and director and designer Antony McDonald discuss the enduring appeal of the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof - one of the most successful in Broadway history.
Baritone Bryn Terfel leads the cast in Grange Park Opera’s lively production of the popular Broadway classic. The iconic score includes ‘If I were a rich man’, ‘Matchmaker’ and ‘Sunrise, sunset’.
In conversation with Sara Mohr-Pietsch, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes looks back over his four-year project with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and discusses Beethoven's piano concertos.
Leif Ove Andsnes brings his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos to a close with the dramatic Fifth – the ‘Emperor’. But first he treats the Proms audience to a performance of the Second.
The winds of the Royal Northern Sinfonia mark Nielsen’s 150th anniversary with his Wind Quintet before pianist Christian Blackshaw s them for Mozart’s elegant Quintet for piano and winds.
Composer Steven Price, who won an Oscar for 'Gravity', discusses the ways in which Holst's Planets Suite is still inspiring film composers to make an 'other-worldly' sound. New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon presents.
Susanna Mälkki conducts Holst’s masterpiece in a programme which also includes the UK premiere of a new violin concerto by Luca sconi, written for and performed by Leila Josefowicz. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 31 July.
David Nice and Fiona Noble delve into the life of Prokofiev and his five piano concertos with Petroc Trelawny.
Valery Gergiev conducts a monumental programme of all five piano concertos by Prokofiev. Three of today’s leading Russian pianists – Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin – share the challenge.
In 1915 Ezra Pound published 'Cathay', a collection of poems translated from classical Chinese. The poets Jo Shapcott and Sean O'Brien discuss what have been called poems of 'a supreme beauty' with Rana Mitter.
Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony opens this BBC National Orchestra of Wales Prom conducted by Xian Zhang and another Russian masterpiece closes the programme – Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2.
Radio 1 presenter Pete Tong transforms the RAH to a dance music destination in the first ever Radio 1 Prom. He introduces a line-up of artists, who are ed by conductor Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra.
150 years after 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' became a publishing sensation the writer Lynne Truss and children's novelist Philip Ardagh discuss its enduring appeal with, Anne McElvoy.
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in music they have made their own – Vaughan Williams and Elgar. Opening the programme is Debussy’s luscious 'Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune'. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 2 August.
Tom Service explores the historical context of Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, with Marina Frolova-Walker and David Fanning.
The world-famous Labèque sisters perform Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra before a performance of Shostakovich’s visceral ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.
Virtuoso violinist Alina Ibragimova has the stage to herself for an evening of solo works by Bach. Broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 20 AUgust.
Observe jazz vocalist Clare Teal and composer, trumpeter, and band leader Guy Barker create a pop-up Big Band.
Erik Levi discusses the relationship between Bruckner’s Mass in F minor and the Viennese tradition of sacred music, with Xabier Armendáriz and Tom Service.
Schubert’s ‘Tragic’ Symphony opens this BBC Philharmonic Prom, which also includes the world premiere of a work by Luke Bedford and Bruckner’s Mass No. 3. Juanjo Mena conducts.
Violinist Alina Ibragimova concludes her performance of Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in the second of her two Late Night Proms. Broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 27 August.
As Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony is played from memory, actress Lisa Dwan, who has performed Samuel Beckett’s monologues, and musician soprano Susan Bullock, discuss the role of memory in performance.
Mary King and of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Verdi’s Requiem.
The ever innovative Aurora Orchestra returns to the Proms with two ‘Pastoral’ Symphonies – the first by Brett Dean, the second by Beethoven – and a world premiere by Anna Meredith. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 9 August.
Donald Runnicles conducts this most operatic of Requiems with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and singers from the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
One of today’s most exciting young string ensembles, the Apollon Musagète Quartet, performs a varied programme including music by Beethoven and a UK premiere by Colin Matthews.
1895 was a critical year for Oscar Wilde. New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari explores this tumultuous year with Philip Hoare, the author of 'Oscar Wilde's Last Stand' and Merlin Holland, Wilde's grandson and co-editor of his Complete Letters.
The world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4 is paired with Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony. Renowned Mahlerian Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 6 September.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts an introduction to Monteverdi's Orfeo, with guests Sarah Lenton and David Vickers.
Period-performance specialist Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the work often credited as being the world’s first opera – Monteverdi’s 'Orfeo' (1607).
J. P. E. Harper-Scott and David Matthews offer some insights into Walton's Symphony No.2 in the context of twentieth century British music, with Petroc Trelawny.
A celebration of British composers of the early 20th century, featuring Walton, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
Radio 6 Music returns for the second ever 6 Music Prom, this year presented by Mary Anne Hobbs. Nils Frahm and duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen are among the performers.
Marina Frolova-Walker and William Mival discuss Scriabin's *The Poem of Ecstasy* and the world of the composer. Martin Handley presents.
Oliver Knussen conducts Dukas’s much-loved 'The Sorcerer’s Apprentice' in a Prom which also includes works by Scriabin, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Knussen’s teacher Gunther Schuller.
Christopher Dingle and Peter Hill to explore the life and works of Olivier Messiaen with patriclar focus on the newly orchestrated *Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau tui)*, in conversation with Christopher Cook.
Nicholas Collon conducts a programme of some of the most exciting music of the early 20th century, from Stravinsky’s 'Symphony in Three Movements' to Ravel’s 'La valse'.
Seth MacFarlane and other guest vocalists the John Wilson Orchestra to celebrate the centenary of Frank Sinatra in this Late Night Prom. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 7 August.
Explore contemporary choral writing with acclaimed composer Eric Whitacre and the BBC Singers.
This small Belgian ensemble has set out to revolutionise the world of early music: they make their Proms debut with music by Vivaldi, Caldara and Geminiani.
World-premiere performances of commissions from the 2014 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition winners.
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain brings Mahler’s epic Ninth Symphony to the Proms, paired with a brand-new work by Tansy Davies. Sir Mark Elder conducts. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 16 August.
Eric Whitacre, one of the biggest names in choral music, conducts a programme including his own 'Cloudburst', as well as other American Gershwin’s 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 14 August.
Novelists Helen Dunmore and Louise Welsh discuss DH Lawrence's 'The Rainbow', first published 100 years ago, an exploration of the effect of industrialisation on pastoral life.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR bring their inimitable style to two classical masterpieces: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
Celebrate the 50th birthday of percussion legend in a lunchtime concert which features two world premieres and showcases the Halo and the Aluphone – two new instruments.
Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Korngold’s Violin Concerto as part of a programme which also sees the Bournemouth SO perform Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony and music from Britten’s 'Peter Grimes'. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on 13 and 30 August.
Jazz historian and broadcaster Alyn Shipton, explores swing music and its influences, with guests Catherine Tackley and Harvey G. Cohen.
Guy Barker and his Big Band are ed by Winston Rollins and his Big Band for an evening celebrating all things swing. Jazz singer Clare Teal presents. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 28 August.
Marking the 90th Birthday year of the eminent composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, Julian Anderson and Nicolas Hodges survey his life and career, in conversation with Tom Service.
Marc-André Hamelin performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand before the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor François-Xavier Roth turn to Stravinsky’s 'The Firebird'.
MistaJam and Sian Anderson present a Late Night Prom from some of the UK’s best urban artists, including Wretch 32, Stormzy and Krept & Konan.
Petroc Trelwany delves into Messiaen's mammoth Turangalîla-Symphonie with guests Nigel Simeone and Caroline Rae.
Messiaen’s monumental work is performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Plus, there’s a rare chance to hear 'Three Mantras' by the 20th-century British composer John Foulds.
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, former director of the Proms and author of the Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart, introduces Mozart's 'The Abduction from the Seraglio',with Karl Lutchmayer and Louise Fryer.
Glyndebourne Festival Opera brings Mozart’s exotic, Eastern-influenced comic opera to the Proms with a cast that stars soprano Sally Matthews and tenor Edgaras Montvidas. Robin Ticciati conducts.
Violinist Alina Ibragimova s harpsichordist/director Jeannette Sorrell and ensemble Apollo’s Fire to perform a wealth of early music, including works by C. P. E. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and J.S. Bach.
As we launch our complete symphonic cycle, explore Sibelius’s symphonies and their historical context with Charlotte Ashby and Stephen Johnson. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates Sibelius’s 150th anniversary with a programme comprising his 'Finlandia' and Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
Sherlock composer Michael Price for a workshop focussed on composing music for TV and film.
Actor Mark Gatiss s presenter Matthew Sweet for the first ever Sherlock Holmes Prom, exploring the famous detective’s musical ions as well as music from Sherlock-related TV and film scores.
Michael Finnissy, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses the world premiere of Janne and introduces performances of his chamber works.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra continues the Proms 150th-anniversary celebrations of Sibelius with a performance of his Third and Fourth Symphonies – as well as his much-loved Violin Concerto.
Celebrate the iconic musicals of Stephen Sondheim – from 'Follies' and 'Sweeney Todd', to 'Company' and 'A Little Night Music' – with a cabaret marking his 85th birthday this year.
1895, the year of the first Proms concerts, the National Trust was founded with the aim of saving the nation's heritage and open spaces. The Trust's Director Dame Helen Ghosh and the nature writer Patrick Barkham discuss its history with Anne McElvoy.
Osmo Vänskä conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the final instalment of the Proms Sibelius symphonies cycle, with performances of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Symphonies.
Daniel Barenboim returns to the BBC Proms to perform Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, an ensemble featuring musicians from across the Middle East. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 21 August.
Tim Jones and Roderick Swanston explore the nature of the piano concerto in the context of Mozart’s own examples, with a focus on the Piano Concerto No. 22. Ian Skelly presents.
Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja s the RPO and conductor Charles Dutoit for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22. The programme also includes Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15.
The Danish-born historian and lecturer Lars Tharp and the writer on children's literature Julia Eccleshare explore the work and legacy of Hans Christian Andersen with Ian McMillan.
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen, performing some of his best-loved orchestral works, alongside Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 23 August.
Paul Griffiths to explore collaborative composition.
Hear the magnificent Royal Albert Hall organ in Jón Leifs’s Organ Concerto. The programme also boasts Sibelius’s 'Tapiola' and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
David Hill conducts the Academy of Ancient Music and the BBC Singers in an all-Bach programme which includes his Mass in G minor and the Magnificat in D major.
In 1895, the year the Proms began, the pioneering Lumière Brothers developed their Cinématographe, the world’s first motion-picture film camera. Film historian Ian Christie discusses how film became an art.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra and its new Music Director, Andris Nelsons, bring Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Symphony to the Proms, paired with Brett Dean’s 'Dramatis personae'.
Sir András Schiff brings Bach’s monumental work for solo keyboard to the Royal Albert Hall. the great pianist on a voyage through this masterpiece. Broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 3 September.
professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this afternoon’s matinee Prom.
The BSO and Andris Nelsons return for their second Prom of the season to perform Haydn’s Symphony No. 90, Barber’s Essay No. 2 and Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony.
A look at the organ works of J.S Bach and his influence on later composers with Daniel Hyde and Berta Joncus. Ian Skelly presents.
French organist Thierry Escaich puts the Royal Albert Hall organ through its paces with a programme of works by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn – and some of his own compositions.
The brilliant American pianist Jeremy Denk performs Beethoven’s final piano sonata in a programme which also includes Bartók’s Piano Sonata and Scriabin’s ‘Black Mass’ Piano Sonata.
Gerard McBurney offers an introduction to Shostakovich’s unfinished opera 'Orango', whose Prologue he has orchestrated, with Marina Frolova-Walker. Tom Service presents
Bartók’s ballet is paired with another work never before performed at the Proms – the Prologue to Shostakovich’s satirical opera about a creature that is half man, half ape. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.
In the centenry of Nielsen's birth, Christopher Cook looks at the differing compositional styles present in his concertos with guests Mikkel Zangenberg, Daniel Grimley and tonight's soloist Emily Beynon.
Emily Beynon is the soloist in Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, part of a wide-ranging programme including Britten’s 'Sinfonia da Requiem' and a world premiere by Raymond Yiu.
Rachel Beckles Willson offers an insight into Bartók’s 'Concerto for Orchestra' and discusses the life and work of the Hungarian composer, with Gavin Plumley and Ian Skelly.
François-Xavier Roth celebrates the 90th birthday of Pierre Boulez with the composer’s '… explosante-fixe …' . The programme continues with Ligeti’s 'Lontano' and concludes with Bartók’s 'Concerto for Orchestra'.
Alissa Firsova, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses the world premiere of Bergen’s Bonfire and introduces performances of her chamber works.
Hear Stravinsky’s 'The Rite of Spring', the work which famously caused a riot at its premiere. This Prom also includes Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, performed by Alina Ibragimova.
A Q&A with professional composers
Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra perform the winning pieces of the 2015 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition.
One of today’s greatest conductors brings Schubert's Ninth Symphony (the 'Great') to the Proms, along with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, performed by the inimitable Maria João Pires. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 4 September.
The London Sinfonietta continues our celebration of the work of Pierre Boulez, whose 90th birthday falls this year. This anniversary programme includes 'Éclat/Multiples' and 'Domaines'.
Daniel M. Grimley and Andrew Mellor explores Sibelius’s choral symphony 'Kullervo' and its influences, in conversation with Martin Handley.
Sibelius's epic retelling of the Finnish 'Kalevala' saga for orchestra, chorus and soloists is conducted this year by fellow Finn, Sakari Oramo.
Michael Gunton, Executive Producer of 'Life Story', and Murray Gold, who composed the music, describe their work on the much acclaimed series.
Sir David Attenborough presents this Prom exploring 'Doctor Who' composer Murray Gold’s music for the groundbreaking BBC TV series 'Life Story' – with live score and breathtaking footage from the series.
Ian Skelly looks at the work of the acclaimed San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with their principal trombone Timothy Higgins and former Head of Artistic Planning, John Mangum.
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler's monumental First Symphony along with Schoenberg's 'Theme and Variations' and Henry Cowell's Piano Concerto, performed by Jeremy Denk.
The Emerson String Quartet and pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja come together to perform a great chamber work – Shostakovich's Quintet – as well as the original, string quartet movement that late became Barber's famous 'Adagio for strings'.
Your chance to perform on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. professional musicians to create a celebration of 20th-century American music.
Willa Cather’s 'The Song of the Lark' was first published 100 years ago. Cather’s biographer Dame Hermione Lee discusses the novel.
Yuja Wang s the San Francisco Symphony for Bartók's Second Piano Concerto, before the orchestra turns its attention to Beethoven's ‘Eroica’ Symphony.
Nicholas Baragwanath and Gavin Plumley explore the musical styles of Brahms's era and how this affects present-day performances of the composer's works, in conversation with Martin Handley.
Marin Alsop conducts an all-Brahms programme which opens with the 'Academic Festival Overture' and closes with his First Symphony. American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton is the soloist in the 'Alto Rhapsody'.
Founded in 1895, the London School of Economics shares its 120th anniversary with the Proms. Professor Michael Cox explores the key events in the history of the university founded by the Fabians to promote greater equality.
Messiaen’s 'Hymne' opens this Prom from the RSNO before Igor Levit s them for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27. Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony closes the evening.
B Tommy Andersson, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses the world premiere of 'Pan' and introduces performances of his chamber works.
A suite from Nielsen’s incidental music for 'Aladdin', opens this evening before the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Søndergård turn to Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
Alice Coote is renowned for her performances of Handel and in this Prom she explores some of the composer’s finest arias for both male and female roles. Harry Bicket conducts The English Concert.
Playwright David Hare discusses his forthcoming memoir 'The Blue Touch Paper'.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski bring a programme that includes Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 and Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto, with Mitsuko Uchida as soloist.
Rebecca Lodge and other of the BBC Singers to explore the choral works of Bernstein.
Andrew McGregor explores the stage and screen music of Leonard Bernstein, with Jamie Bernstein and Nigel Simeone.
Celebrate the music of Leonard Bernstein with John Wilson and his orchestra in this Prom which features highlights from 'Candide', 'Wonderful Town', 'Fancy Free', 'West Side Story' and 'Peter Pan'. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 11 September.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has the Royal Albert Hall stage to himself for this Late Night Prom as he takes on the challenge of J. S. Bach’s Six Cello Suites. Broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 10 September.
Mary King, of the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra to sing excerpts from Carl Orff’s 'Carmina burana'.
So rarely performed in full, Christopher Cook takes the chance to explore Carl Orff's cantata 'Carmina burana' with Graham Lack and Tony Palmer.
Orff’s vividly coloured cantata 'Carmina burana' is the main course in this year’s free Prom. The programme also includes the world premiere of Guy Barker’s new trumpet concerto for Alison Balsom.
Three of today’s leading musicians – Nicola Benedetti, Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk – pair Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1 with Arlene Sierra’s 2013 work 'Butterflies a Mountain'.
Shahidha Bari traces the history of the 'One Thousand and One Nights', the collection of stories and folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age.
The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra showcases three great Russian works, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s 'Scheherazade' and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Nikolai Lugansky.
BBC Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan and poet Kate Clanchy introduce the winning entries in this year’s BBC Proms Poetry Competition – and welcome some of the winners on stage to read them.
In the second of two St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Proms, Julia Fischer plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto; Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations brings the curtain down.
Andrew McGregor investigates Charles Ives's 'Symphony No.4' in the context of his life, with guests Richard Bernas and Stephen Montague.
Andrew Litton conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme in which Nielsen’s Violin Concerto and Ives’s Fourth Symphony frame four 19th-century American hymns.
Gavin Plumley and Erik Levi discuss the life and work of Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, including his Symphony No.2, in conversation with Martin Handley.
In the first of the Vienna Philharmonic’s two Proms this year, Semyon Bychkov conducts Brahms’s Third Symphony and Franz Schmidt’s Second.
Jarvis Cocker brings his BBC Radio 4 show 'Wireless Nights' to the Proms, exploring music inspired by the night. The BBC Philharmonic is conducted by Maxime Tortelier.
Proms Director, Edward Blakeman, and Chris Cotton, Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, as they look back over the 2015 BBC Proms season.
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and the BBC Proms Youth Choir in Elgar’s choral masterpiece, with soloists Magdalena Kožená, Toby Spence and Roderick Williams.
Prepare for the Last Night of the Proms singalong with Mary King and of the BBC Singers.
in the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park, hosted by Sir Terry Wogan and featuring an array of musical stars.
Scotland s the UK-wide Last Night festivities, with performances from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and glorious music of all kinds on Glasgow Green.
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, soprano Danielle de Niese and tenor Jonas Kaufmann are the stars at this year’s Last Night.
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales the UK-wide Last Night celebration from Swansea.
Proms in the Park celebrations in Northern Ireland return to Belfast, with the Ulster Orchestra conducted by David Brophy.
